The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations
The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations
Editor/Author
Blyton, Paul, Heery, Edmund and Bacon, Nicolas, et.al.
Publication Year: 2008
Publisher: Sage UK
Single-User Purchase Price:
$176.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$264.00
ISBN: 978-1-4129-1154-2
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Business
Image Count:
34
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Globalization, the decline of trade unions, the spread of high performance work systems, and the emergence of a more feminized, flexible work-force have opened new avenues of inquiry. The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations charts these changes and analyzes them. It provides a systematic, comprehensive survey of the field.
Table of Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: The Field of Industrial Relations - Edmund Heery, Nicolas Bacon, Paul Blyton and Jack Fiorito
- PART ONE Perspectives and Approaches
- 2 The History of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study - Carola M. Frege
- 3 Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences - Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson
- 4 System and Change in Industrial Relations Analysis - Edmund Heery
- 5 Values, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations - John W. Budd and Devasheesh Bhave
- 6 The Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations - William Brown
- 7 Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations - Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
- 8 New Forms of Work and the High Performance Paradigm - Stephen Procter
- 9 Changing Traditions in Industrial Relations Research - George Strauss and Keith Whitfield
- PART TWO The Actors in Industrial Relations
- 10 Trade Union Morphology - Jack Fiorito and Paul Jarley
- 11 Trade Union Strategy - Peter Boxall
- 12 Employer Organizations - Franz Traxler
- 13 Management Strategy and Industrial Relations - Nicolas Bacon
- 14 The State in Industrial Relations - Richard Hyman
- 15 The Legal Framework of Employment Relations - Simon Deakin and Wanjiru Njoya
- 16 The State as Employer - Marick F. Masters, Ray Gibney, Iryna Shevchuk and Tom Zagenczyk
- 17 International Actors and International Regulation - Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
- 18 Works Councils - Jean Jenkins and Paul Blyton
- 19 The Evolution of Stakeholder Regimes: Beyond Neo-Corporatism - Charles Heckscher
- PART THREE Industrial Relations Processes
- 20 Union Formation - John Godard
- 21 The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining - Robert J. Flanagan
- 22 The High Performance Work Systems Literature in Industrial Relations - Ann C. Frost
- 23 Employee Involvement and Direct Participation - Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes
- 24 Resolving Conflict - David Lewin
- PART FOUR Industrial Relations Outcomes
- 25 Contingent Work Arrangements - Daniel G. Gallagher
- 26 The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting - Alex Bryson and John Forth
- 27 Working Time and Work-Life Balance - Paul Blyton
- 28 Worker Well-Being - David Guest
- 29 Industrial Relations Climate - Ali Dastmalchian
- Appendix
- 30 Equality at Work - Barbara Pocock
- 31 Conflict at Work - Gregor Gall and Robert Hebdon
- 32 Skill Formation - Irena Grugulis
- 33 Industrial Relations and Business Performance - John T. Delaney
- 34 Labor Market Institutions Around the World - Richard B. Freeman